The Alliance of the Palestinian forces in Damascus has denied the allegations made by “UNRWA” concerning the Palestinian refugee, “Ramel”.

The members of the Alliance of Palestinian forces in Damascus has denied the declarations made by the leadership of “ the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA)” and according to which the Ramel camp of Palestinian refugees, in Latakia, was attacked with bombs [yesterday, ie 15 August 2011]. The Alliance also insisted that the Palestinians must not be pushed into the current events in Syria and emphasized that the Palestinian case should not be used by hostile parties. The spokesman of the Alliance declared that all the Palestinian fractions, organizations and national institutions deny the claims made the UNRWA and considered them as an attempt to damage the Syrian and Palestinian positions. The spokesman also called on the UNRWA and all the competent authorities to refrain from using the Palestinian position to support hostile parties [[I would add to manipulate public opinion]] in order to distort the Syrian position [[I would add, to distort the truth]] as well as the role of the Palestinian and Arab resistance, affirming that the Palestinian people along with all its organizations and institutions want to preserve security and stability in Syria. The spokesman of the Alliance concluded with the hope that the ordeal in Syria will end quickly. The UNRWA had therefore wrongly claimed that the Palestinian Ramel camp was bombed by the Syrian regime on August 15th 2011.

Similarly, the director of the General Authority of the Palestinian Arab Refugees (GAPAR) , Ali Mustapha, urged the UNRWA Commissioner General, Philippo Grandie, to correct the official statement made by the UNRWA official spokesman, Chris Gunnies. Chris Gunnies had claimed that the UNRWA was concerned about the reports of heavy fire, by the Syrian armed forces, inside the Palestinian refugees’ camp in Latakiya as well as reports of heavy fire from boats. In his message to Grandie, Ali Mustafa said: “We would like to inform you that the official statement of the UNRWA official spokesman , Chris Gunnies, is absolutely false, and that the situation that was fixed by the Syrian authorities occurred in another area, located in the vicinity of the camp.” Ali Mustafa added that the General Authority of the Palestinian Arab Refugees was ready to clarify any matter that concerns the Palestinian refugees and their camps in Syria. He concluded by pointing to the fact that the government of the Syrian Republic and its leader, president Bashar Al-Assad, have always shown an extreme interest in the Palestinian refugees and the Palestinian camps in Syria.

-Pls use a name or kuniya next time -Editor